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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1916
Page
5
Democratic candidate Frederick W. Mansfield attacked Governor McCall at open air rallies in Westford Rye Pepperell Shirley and Groton last night. He pressed pre election promises and said he would keep asking questions until they received answers.
Mr Mansfield argues that pre election pledges targeted farmers and railroads, and says he has kept every promise in his career. He pledges to fulfill any promises made before the election when elected governor on November 7.
A 50 mile per hour wind storm caused widespread damage from Boston to Cambridge and Lexington. Trees and chimneys toppled, a 77 foot standpipe buckled in Portland, and the Bucentaur barge was swept across the Charles River. Three men were rescued from a disabled boat and polling booths suffered damage as the storm subsided after midnight.
Councillor Walter Ballantyne refused the appointment as superintendent of buildings in Boston after Mayor Curley offered it. Ballantyne cited ill health as the reason for declining the post, which becomes vacant November 1 and carries a salary of $3600 a year.
The Bucentaur, a $12 000 replica of Venetian barges that sailed the Charles last June as the Technology Ship of State, has been sold. Purchaser William R. O'Leary, a Cambridge postal clerk, plans to convert the barge into a house boat.
Former candidate asserts actions he would have taken to regulate commerce if elected. He outlines broader policy goals and cautions about unintended consequences of current approaches.
Senatorial nominee Hughes faced disruption from a heckler as he defended his record as governor and life insurance investigator. He rejected claims of invisible government and argued there was no undue influence in Albany. He explained Adamson law implications and closed with a peace pledge before departing for Michigan.
About 600 people attended a reception at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Dorchester for the Rev. Edward Gaylord the newly appointed pastor succeeding Rev. George L. Cady who resigned.
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